Why make a language case sensitive?

[dsavitsk]

this particular example is windows only, but i have a program which closes a
text file and a DAO database at the same time.  the code is as follows:

>>> oFile.close() # Text File
>>> oData.Close() # DAO Database

which bugs me to no end. perhaps python would get confused were they the
same?

doug

"Peter Timaratz" <timaratz at lisco.com> wrote in message
news:000801bfeda1$fcd99a20$6cb745c6 at timaratz...
> I can't think of any advantages to a case sensitive language. Python is a
> very well-designed language though, so I imagine there is a good reason
that
> it is case sensitive. So what are the advantages of a case sensitive
> language?
>
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